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Count us as enthusiastic celebrants of World Press Freedom Day, marked this week. Across the world, too many journalists are punished, imprisoned and ...

If the Supreme Court had a code of conduct and suddenly decided to scrap it as big questions swirled about potential conflicts, it would be a scandal ...

With this year’s federal income tax deadline looming, the Internal Revenue Service has detailed its modernization plan that Congress has enabled with ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Sheep and goat producers can learn tips for setting up barns and facilities for managing sheep and goats at an upcoming Penn State E...

Much of the world reacted in horror at Russian atrocities in the town of Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, one month ago. After the Russian army retreated, Ukr...

The Supreme Court justices down in Washington just sent a clear message to a Supreme Court justice up in Steuben County: In assessing partisan redistr...

Once upon a time in Pennsylvania, every town of a certain size or importance seemed to have its own college. There were reasons for this. Many of thes...

The state bureau responsible for inspecting dog kennels, handling dangerous dogs and curtailing the use of puppy mills is quickly running out of money...

The internet has created more wealth and increased human knowledge faster than any other invention in history. But if Democrats in Congress get their ...

"What's really going on here is that over the last 20 years marijuana went from being used like alcohol to being used more like tobacco, in the sense ...

Journalists must walk a fine line every day — a fine line between what is newsworthy and what isn’t. That’s a struggle we all face when we hear white ...

Each year, the staff of The Era offers its thanks and provides insight into what enriches our lives as we come upon another Thanksgiving holiday. Of c...

WASHINGTON — "Look," wrote Lois Lerner, echoing Horace Greeley, "my view is that Lincoln was our worst president not our best. He should (have) let th...

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is facing one of the most fateful decisions of the presidential primary season: what to say about the Trans-Pacific Partn...

When I talk to people about the state budget and the current stalemate, many of them voice frustration over what they see as a partisan political batt...

Voters may have turned Gov. Tom Corbett out of office last November, but his higher education funding legacy remains. The State System of Higher Educa...

The seven-nation agreement aimed at halting Iran’s progress toward a nuclear arsenal has been criticized as merely delaying the inevitable, but that i...

WASHINGTON — It’s far too early in the campaign season to bemoan the absence of serious policy proposals from the presidential candidates — but not to...

You may read about them in the newspaper or see them along local roads, plowing snow in the winter or patching potholes in the spring. They’re your to...